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Curated by -
Prof. Vaughn Brathwaite
Dear Musician,
Alright, you're here, and you're ready to add some
awesome chords to your arsenal...and to be honest,
I'm excited for you, because you just proved (not
only to me), but to yourself that you're serious
about your development as a musician.
These chord progressions are some of the BEST you
can use in various situations,
BUT I MUST WARN YOU....PICK YOUR SPOTS
CAREFULLY WHEN USING THESE..Why?
Because you'll risk sounding like a "over-playing"
jerk when you play with other musicians, just being
honest :-)
Being an "Elite" musician is ALL about picking your
spots, and It's a skill that either takes A LOT of trial
& error, or the right teacher to show you how.
(Unfortunately this little booklet isn't enough for
me to fully teach this, but I'll try my best...)
So with all that said, let me show you these
AWESOME chords!
Vaughn Brathwaite
Chief "Chord Hacker" & Founder -
https://TheGospelUniversity.com/chordtraining
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Min(11th) Chord
Dominant 7th (#9, b13) Chord
Minor 11th (add 13) Chord
Dominant 7th (9,13) ChordGb dom7(9,13)
Dominant 7th(13) Chord
Dominant 7th(#9, b13) Chord
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Dominant 7th (9) Chord
Dominant 7th (b9) Chord
Dominant 7th sus (9, 13) Chord
Major (add2) Chord
Diminished 7th (b9) Chord
Minor 11th (b13) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This Chord is great to use as a leading passing chord.It contains the right amount of tension to let listeningears KNOW that "something just happened" When you use this chord make sure that there'senough space in the song to pull it off, or else you'llget nasty looks from the other chordal instruments inthe band!
Min(11th) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
Perfect chord to use in devotional songs andpreacher chords. It's what I call a reset chord...why? Because it when you use it tends to make you getback to the original key or RESET everything andhelp you establish a new key! I LOVE using this when I'm backing up any preacherbecause it just seems to "lift" or add excitement to theatmosphere. And that helps encourage the preacherbringing the "WORD" and the congregants who arereceiving it.
Dominant 7th (#9, b13)Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use ItThis particular chord takes A LOT of finesse to use,because it's what I call a "reharm recovery" chord. I usually use this chord when trying to spice up atraditional hymn, like a "Oh How I Love Jesus" or "PassMe Not, O Gentle Saviour". This chord will hit you in the chest so to speak becauseof it "tight", "dense" structure. if you want a chord that sound thick AND full with a lot ofbody to it? This is the one to use!
Minor 11th (b13) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This Chord is great to Add a little more color tothe traditional dominant chord. Very good to use as a passing chord to get tothe IV major 7th chord. Also good to use on bluesy type vamps
Dominant 7th (9,13)Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
The best place to use this chord is whenyou're moving down chromatically on the IIof the key. This chord is the starting point for achromatic move in the right hand. It moves perfectly into the NEXT chord...
Dominant7th(13) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use ItThis is a passing chord that connects the previouschord to a Dominant 7th (9) chord. The best place to use this chord is when you'removing down chromatically. You can literally approach ANY scale degree usingthis chord, that's how POWERFUL it is! The emotional content of this chord is a sort of"hopeful tension" type of chord. When you play it, you'll see EXACTLY what I mean!
Dominant 7th(T7, #9, b13) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
The ending to our 3 chord chromatic move. Remember that these chords are best touse on the II of the key. After you finish this 3 chord move you'll endup going to the V chord.
Dominant 7th (9)Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This chord is a great CCM/Worship chordvoicing. It sounds warmer than a major triad and it'slight enough to not sound too intrusive. You can also use this chord in the 1stinversion. (That means the 3rd of the chord is thebottom note)
Major (add 2) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This chord is used on the V of a keyprimarily. I would usually play this chord and thenresolve it to a regular dominant 7th chord orany of it's alterations. A great chord to vamp on if you're playingsome groovy talk music.
Dominant 7th sus(9, 13) Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This chord I usually use on the bIII (flat 3)of any key. I use this chord to approach the II minorchord. In this case the II minor is the F minor 7(9)
Diminished 7th (b9)Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use It
This type of chord I use on the VI of anykey. In this case the key is Db major. It almost has a diminished type of sound. It's a great way to approach the II minorchord. In this case Eb minor 7
Dominant 7th (b9)Chord
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How It Looks
Where To Use ItI LOVE this chord on the III of any key. In this case the key of Ab I usually use this to approach the VI minorchord. *NOTE: You can voice this chord a littlebigger as well in the left hand. LH: C-G-Eb | RH: F-G-Bb-C-D-F-Ab Use the thumb to play 2 notes at once.
Minor 11th (b13)Chord
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So...That's it!
The 12 "Crazy Chords" you can add to your arsenal INSTANTLY!
I hope you really enjoyed this little guide and I want you to have
all of the success using these "killin'" chords.
Now if you went through this guide and you're saying to yourself,
"Wow these chords are awesome, But... I don't understand how to
really apply them!"
Then I HIGHLY recommend you enroll in our flagship course,
"Create Crazy Gospel Chords"
This course LITERALLY takes you into the MIND of Pro Level
Musicians and shows you how they think and approach advanced
chord progressions.....Cool right?
And that's not all, if you don't know any music theory, and you
want to actually KNOW & UNDERSTAND what you play.
PLUS - I give you a FULL EXHAUSTIVE LIST of over 40 CRAZY
CHORDS you can plug into your playing instantly!
If the thought of playing like an "ELITE" musician excites you head
over to:
https://thegospeluniversity.com/chordtraining
To join Create Crazy Gospel Chords now!
See you inside the members area,
Vaughn